"Red, Yellow, Orange and Brown,Leaves are falling all over town!"said Gina as she raked up a big pile of leaves. "I learned that poem in kindergarten."
"I have a better one," laughed her cousin, Barney. "Raking leaves is very hardAnd most of the leaves fell in this backyard!"
"That's a good one, Barney," I said. "I love having lots of trees in my yard, but it is a big job raking them up in the fall. Thanks for offering to help." "Who could resist your offer to make taffy apples and hot cider!" said Danny, stopping to rest. (Offering food is a great way to get Danny to do anything!)
"And don't forget that I promised to pay you each a dime a minute for your help." "OK," laughed Danny starting to rake again. "I can take a hint!"
After the job was done and the snacks were eaten, I reached for my purse. "Let's see. How much do I owe each of you?"
"We all started at 9 o'clock" said Gina.
"I stopped at 9:30" offered Danny, "But Gina worked ten more minutes."
"I raked until 10 o'clock," said Barney. "I wanted to finish the job."
"And so you did!" I laughed.
How much do I owe each child? Can you figure out how much I owe my niece and my nephews for their help? (You might want to try some of Barney, Danny and Gina's strategies. See "Learn How This Site Works" on the Aunty Math Welcome Page)http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html
Where will you start? What do you already know that could help you solve the problem? How will you check your answer to be sure you are correct?Love, Aunty Math
How will you solve this problem?
Boston is here! The students at the JFK know: that dimes are each worth 10 cents we also know that the kids get 1 dime for each minute they work
We are trying to figure out: how many minutes they worked AND how much each kid will get.
We'll be back to work on this later!
We are back and ready to work on the problem!
We found out that Danny worked 30 minutes. We also found out that Barney worked for 60 minutes or 1 hour. We also found out that Gina for 40 minutes.
Next week-we will figure out how much money each of the kids made!
Metuchen here!
For Danny you can count 10 cents 30 times. You count by 10 because a dime is 10 cents!
You could use your fingers; you could do tally marks; you could write 10 thirty times There are 10 dimes in a dollar.
Back to work!
Let's try tally marks Danny 30 minutes / / $1 / / $1 / / $1 $3 TOTAL Barney 60 minutes - $6
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"I have a better one," laughed her cousin, Barney.
"Raking leaves is very hardAnd most of the leaves fell in this backyard!"
After the job was done and the snacks were eaten, I reached for my purse.
"Let's see. How much do I owe each of you?"
"I stopped at 9:30" offered Danny, "But Gina worked ten more minutes."
"I raked until 10 o'clock," said Barney. "I wanted to finish the job."
"And so you did!" I laughed.
Can you figure out how much I owe my niece and my nephews for their help? (You might want to try some of Barney, Danny and Gina's strategies. See "Learn How This Site Works" on the Aunty Math Welcome Page)http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html
Aunty Math
How will you solve this problem?
Boston is here! The students at the JFK know:
that dimes are each worth 10 cents
we also know that the kids get 1 dime for each minute they work
We are trying to figure out: how many minutes they worked AND how much each kid will get.
We'll be back to work on this later!
We are back and ready to work on the problem!
We found out that Danny worked 30 minutes.
We also found out that Barney worked for 60 minutes or 1 hour.
We also found out that Gina for 40 minutes.
Next week-we will figure out how much money each of the kids made!
Metuchen here!
For Danny you can count 10 cents 30 times. You count by 10 because a dime is 10 cents!
You could use your fingers; you could do tally marks; you could write 10 thirty times
There are 10 dimes in a dollar.
Back to work!
Let's try tally marks
Danny 30 minutes / / $1
/ / $1
/ / $1 $3 TOTAL
Barney 60 minutes - $6
Gina 40 minutes - $4
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